Plans for New Orleans attack thwarted after ex-marine arrested

Officials had been surveilling Micah James Legnon due to ties to extremist anti-capitalist and anti-government group

Plans to “carry out an attack” in New Orleans were thwarted after an ex-US marine was arrested while on the way to the Louisiana city with guns and body armor in the car, according to court documents obtained Tuesday by the Associated Press.

Micah James Legnon, 28, was charged with threats in interstate commerce. Federal authorities said they had been surveilling Legnon due to ties to an extremist anti-capitalist and anti-government group. Four members of the group were arrested Friday in the Mojave desert, east of Los Angeles, as they were rehearsing a foiled plot to set off bombs in southern California on New Year’s Eve, authorities said.